London: Part I

We arrived safe and sound in London and were immediately hit by the number of people that we encountered EVERYWHERE we went. Where do all these people go at night?! ;) So so busy, especially in the ever reliable *cough cough* tube. Gosh, the number of times we went down into the tube and then had to turn around and come out cause the lines were down...surprised there isn't anymore whinging about it.

So we had a bit of whirlwind three nights - the first night we spent with Matt's good friend Bronwyn (he used to work and live with her a few years ago in Brisbane). She took us round the back streets of her suburb, Bethnal Green - we walked through Brick Lane, down to Liverpool Street, saw St. Paul's and then across a foot bridge to the Tate Modern and saw their latest exibition called "The Crack" - basically a crack going from one end of the building floor to the other - they call it art..hmm..




We had rushed to London primarily for Bronwyn's 30th party which was good because it was on the same night as the Rugby World Cub, which (ahahahaha) England didn't win, how good was that! So me, Matt, a Scottish guy and a Turkish girl were quietly celebrating at the back of the pub we were in so as not to draw attention to ourselves! Fun! We also caught up with another old Treasury workmate who we hadn't seen for like 7 or so years, so that was good too.




We spent the rest of our trip being tourists and doing quite a bit of walking - we saw Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, St. James and Green Gardens, did the London Eye (bit of an overcast day but it was good nontheless), and managed to stop into a couple of pubs along the way for some well earned beers!




So we left London for Bath where we were picking up a car and heading off on a bit of a driving tour of the English countryside, fun! We were secretly relieved to get out of London and it's craziness, but in saying that, we're going back for a Part II.

(Oh and cause internet is so so expensive we haven't had a chance to upload all our photos, but will do ASAP...)